Vodou harmonizes the head-pot, or, Haiti’s multi-soul complex
Haiti’s multi-soul complex proves a deeply enigmatic aspect of Vodou cosmology. This essay examines Haitian concepts of personhood and ‘plural soul’ philosophy in relationship to Vodou’s figurative mystic vessels, specifically the body-pot and head-pot. I introduce several African philosophies of mu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
2022
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Religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 52, Issue: 3, Pages: 359-383 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Haiti
/ Voodooism
/ Soul
/ Pluralism
/ Self
/ Head
/ Spirits
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements BS Traditional African religions KBR Latin America |
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comparitive themes
B Indigenous Religions B Afro-Brazilian and Afro-Caribbean religions B Haitian Vodou B fieldwork / ethnography B Personhood B multi-soul complex B Africana Studies |
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